Necktie-holder.



No. 642,75l. Patented Fab. 6, I900.

W. F. NIES.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

(no Model.) (Application filed July 8, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM F. NIES, OF SVVAMPSOOTT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO FRANKLIN F. HODGES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NECKTlE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,751, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed July 8, 1899. Serial No. 723,146. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I WILLIAM F. NIES, of Swampscott, county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Necktie-Holders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing i ike parts. 16% This invention relates to necktie-holders;

and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device of this character whichis adapted to hold in place at the front of a collara made-u p tie and which is adapted to be detachably connected with a collar-button, the latter serving thereby to secure the holder in place.

The necktie-holder comprises a central portion having a shank lying in a single plane and provided with oppositely-disposed offsets at its lower end, the space within the shank and ofisets being open and of approximately T shape, the shank being adapted to grip a collar-button and having at its upper end oppositelydisposed arms terminating in U- shaped members adapted to receive between them the crossed ends of a tie to be made up, and the holder is formed from wire in one continuous piece.

Figure 1 represents a collar with my improved necktie-holder applied to a collar-button, the necktie being shown in connection with the holder and partially tied. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the tie made up. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the holder detached, and Fig. l is a plan view of the same.

The collar 2, the tie 3, and the collar-button 4; are and may be all substantially as usual.

end with oppositely-disposed ofisets 6and 6, and it will be seen upon reference to Fig. 3 that it is open and of approximately T shape.

The vertical portion of the shank has its side branches somewhat rounded, and these rounded portions grip the shank of the collar-button.

The shank of the holder is shown open on its upper side to facilitate its application to and removal from the collar -button, and its branches have at the upper ends thereof the oppositely-disposed arms 7 and 7 which terminate in inverted-U-shaped members 8 and 8, having the ends of their longer legs terminating in eyes or loops, as 9 and 9, which construction prevents said ends from penetrating the tie.

In practice the holder is first connected with the shank ofacollar-button, after which the tie is passed around the collar and its ends extended forward and placed between the branches of the U-shaped members 8 and 8'. The knot is then made, and it fits between said U-shaped members. As the crossed ends of the tie are between the branches of said U shaped member's,said tie will be always maintained in proper position, and the collar-button will prevent any movement of the holder.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A necktie-holder comprising a central portion having a shank lying in a single plane and provided with oppositely-disposed ofisets at its lower end, the space within the shank and oifsets being open and of approximately T shape, the shank being adapted to grip a collar-button, and having at its upper end oppositely-disposed arms terminating in U- shaped members adapted to receive between them the crossed'ends of a tie to be made up, and the holder being formed from wire in one continuous piece.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM E. NIES.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. GREGORY, JOHN C. EDWARDS. 

